Call for Entries for Middle Eastern Art Exhibition

‘Thread of Light’ is a group art exhibition bringing together the work of contemporary artists living in the UK, at P21 Gallery London, for six weeks as of May 2017.

In response to the recent events of our time, an increasingly stereotypical imagery is being used to depict the peoples of the Middle East. Here, contemporary artists can comment and shed light on how they find strength, peace or play in these times of conflict in the Middle East. The intention is to provide an alternative image or work of art to challenge the oversimplified Middle Eastern identity.

The brief of the show can be interpreted by the literal or figurative meaning of the words that make up the title ‘Thread of Light’. Artists can submit work with a reference to ‘light’, whether in the literal sense as a direct source of illumination, less directly through photography and moving image or metaphorically in any medium.  Transparency, layering, shadows and volume all speak of light. An alternative but equally relevant approach to the brief is to explore the second half of its title, the ‘thread’. There is again flexibility in its definition, from being a long thin line or strand to being a single flow of control within a group of separate items.

Please email asmaa@babylon-art.com with the following format:

Email subject: “application to Thread of Light by …….(your name)”

Email body:

1. title of work (s)
2. artist name and website

                     3-  size or duration for moving image

                     4-  medium

                     5-  price

Each artist can submit up to 4 works, each work may have up to 4 jpeg images that best describe it with a file size of 5 megabyts max. Film and performance duration can be up to 20 minutes and submittals can be links to You Tube, Vimeo or Dropbox. Please include your final price within the application, keeping in mind that the artist gets 50% of the sale price.

Time limit: 15 Jan. 2017 though best to submit early